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How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…
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BASIC* horizontal scrolling* game.
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New Spectrum ROM: Arcade Game DesignerIn the last few days I've completely rewritten the Spectrum ROM from scratch to include AGD. Some of the functionality from version 4.8 has been los…
... I've completely rewritten the Spectrum ROM from scratch to include ... the code editor, unlike Sinclair BASIC. It's time to take ... had access to the entire Spectrum RAM but with the editor ... -
Have you ever been given a credit for "co-writing" a published ZX Spectrum program and not known it?Well back in the day, (when I was actually working) I thought up an idea (which is quite unusual for me) and somehow I was put in touch with a "pro…
... him my then Opus Discovery Spectrum setup and we chatted further ... apart messing about with ideas , basic concepts etc. It was pretty ... -
Al's Spectrum Annual 2021Hi everyone, after last year’s positive reception, I published my new Spectrum Annual. 52 pages of game reviews, a report on the Next, an article o…
... reception, I published my new Spectrum Annual.
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Textured Scanline Flood Fill for ZX Spectrum 48KPity that it's quite hard to contribute code to WoS in a straightforward manner. Recently, I have created a textured/hatched fill M/C routine for the…
... C routine for the ZX Spectrum 48K. It was for ... retroprogramming.com/2017/04/zx-spectrum-scanline-flood-fill.html"]John ... the assembler listing and Sinclair BASIC wrapper must suffice. Have fun ... retroprogramming.com/2017/04/zx-spectrum-scanline-flood-fill.html
BASIC ##linersThere was a thread in the past that asked people to send 140character BASIC games (https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/52743/) Does anyone …
There was a thread in the past that asked people to send 140character BASIC games (https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/52743/) Does anyone know where the entries are?
Also, are there any 10liners contests specific for ZX spectrum BASIC?BASIC Bug: DEF FN after REMHello all, Having mused the Spectrum ROM disassembly by Drs Logan ad O'Hara, I wondered about how good ZX BASIC was at locating the DEF FN when call…
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Having mused the Spectrum ROM disassembly by Drs Logan ... wondered about how good ZX BASIC was at locating the DEF ...Spectrum Games Where "How to Play" it advice is neededThis is the thread where advice on how to play any Spectrum can be sought .But why would anyone need advice on how to play Speccy games after all t…
... on how to play any Spectrum can be sought .But why ... />
Any help with the Spectrum version of TILT appreciated You ... the hole but still the basic idea of what I was ...Hardware Reference Manual for ZX SpectrumHi, I want to write games for ZX Spectrum in assembly language. I have lot of books in PDF format from SpectrumComputing. Still missing a book lik…
... to write games for ZX Spectrum in assembly language.
... the specifications of the ZX Spectrum console.
Copperlist ... .
The second is Blitz Basic.
Perhaps it will ... possible to implement Blitz Basic for ZX Spectrum for Windows 10/ ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... to prefer using soundtracker (the spectrum program) probably out of habit ... each. But from C, not basic :-)
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I ... that for you while your basic program is running and without ... code to put in coloured stripes or long characters in the ...The Non Randomness of Sam BasicHows about this for weird. Hardly ever bothered with such simple stuff before but this is what I just did on the Sam ( as in a real one now I've got …
... end up with solid diagonal stripes of colours from black through ... the same thing on the Spectrum mode and its faster, and ... this a factor of how BASIC generates random numbers?
Spectrum manuals in fact.New Spectrum HardwareHi all. Well its Friday so it seems as good a time as any (business is a bit slack at the moment) to start up a thread about creating new Spectrum ha…
... /faq/reference/sereference.htm]Spectrum SE[/url] and Sprinter ... the difficulty that new Spectrum hardware projects have in ... ZX BASIC compatible BASIC interpreter (with extra keywords) on ROM
Spectrum ... some stripes on it and call it a new Spectrum... go ...Poorly Spectrum + Fault diagnosis help needed!Hi, I've got a Spectrum+. Sometime in the past I broke it and sent it off to be fixed. It came back working good as new, but with an issue 2 board i…
... up screen of a borked spectrum? I'm curious about ...
Vertical black and white stripes (narrowish ones) is a good ... .
If the Spectrum gets to the (c) message ... to be a 48K Spectrum then you have bad ... M RAMTOP no good BASIC errors for 48K programs.Interface rom - Need help to dump itHi, I have temporarily an interface that is similar to a multiface. It has an NMI button and displays a menu where states can be saved and pokes ent…
... =odious;219893]I booted the spectrum with the int. on, cleared ... . I cant load it from basic, even with the interface but ... about the colours of the stripes, btw ? all that matters is ... that works), and running the BASIC program that I had posted ...Rom dumping a Mirage MicrodriverI need to dump the rom of my Mirage Microdriver for Zub and don't know what to do...any help?
... ROM. You've got two basic ways of doing it - ... , though. The fact that BASIC fails to initialise when the ... s copying code into the Spectrum's main RAM, since ... back in and restores the Spectrum's RAM contents at ... is why you get vertical stripes if you remove the ...Rom dumping a Mirage MicrodriverI need to dump the rom of my Mirage Microdriver for Zub and don't know what to do...any help?
... ROM. You've got two basic ways of doing it - ... in and restores the Spectrum's RAM contents at ... tape routines, and the Spectrum's memory is only restored ... IF1 shadow ROM or the Spectrum ROM).
[QUOTE ... is why you get vertical stripes if you remove the ...Sinclairean A3[B]Sinclairean[/B], a new ZX Spectrum emulator written in machine code for x86-compatible, OpenGL-capable computers. Features: [LIST] [*]Fast machin…
... background[/B]. The emulated Spectrum border is as big as ... horrible artifacts once the actual Spectrum border extreme part ends (NB ... make a "cosmetic" sense in BASIC, for example, to get a ... the entire screen without black stripes. When any border effect happens ...Urgent!!!! Need help with saveHi guys, This is URGANT! I am making a turning moment program that uses many arrays. Each array is of size 500 and there are about 6 of them. The c…
... the standard blue/yellow loading stripes (but thinner)? If so, there ... bytes, because a number in Spectrum Basic is stored as a 5 ... to tape;
- in the Spectrum's tape encoding, a zero ... you sometimes get within the Basic editor when the memory is ...Gigascreen - programming guideDoes anyone know of a programming guide for the 128K gigascreen screen mode, specifically a persistence colours table, some code (pref. C level or BA…
... code written for a 128K Spectrum and using the extended ... />
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LD ... />
;Make horizontal colour stripes on screen 1:
LD ... br />
RET ;Return to BASIC
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...ZXDS questions...Hi Folks, I am hoping someone on here knows something about [B]ZXDS[/B]. I have downloaded the program to my daughters [B]DSi[/B] (for testing purp…
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As ... uses - if you were editing basic, you would be using the ... wears off ;)) to see the stripes when loading is there a ...Commodore 64 - First time trying - REVIEW & Pictures!Right, so the 2nd hand shop was selling this Commodore and accessories. So I decided to buy it, as I've never had a Commodore and this is my first ti…
... is a review, comparing the Spectrum to Commodore.
... switch.
Sure enough :) The Spectrum works on this monitor just ... /> It has loading border stripes in multi colours, that change ... I never found the quirky basic programming to be unfriendly. I ...Dead Spectrum SocietySo I'm getting back into real Sinclair computers rather than emulators. During the summer months I was lucky enough to buy a working ZX81 and was giv…
... proper picture coming from your Spectrum (composite video if possible), ... vertical (red or black) stripes in a green background. Something ... br /> I wrote a quick BASIC program to POKE all screen ... initialization sentence). It called "Spectrum" by Ziga Ramsak, and ...Spectrum bookWhen i got my 1st spectrum in the 80's, I also had a book which had type in pictures, one that sticks out in my memory is the flag of the USA. Does …
I had the spectrum + book I think, my speccy back then was a 48k+ i'm gonna draw stars and stripes from the book now, hope to learn how to draw a bit better cos i'm trying to make a little text adventure(with pics) in basic, i'm bored lolTutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…
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ZX SPECTRUM MACHINE CODE GAME 30 MINUTE ... a working knowledge of ZX Spectrum basic, and the ZX Spin emulator ... in Appendix A of the Spectrum Manual.
Some instruction ... loop to create two vertical stripes of black paper colour down ...How to convert a .txt file (ASCII/PC) into a Tasword file?Short version: [B]How can I convert a .txt file (PC) into a Tasword file (ZX Spectrum)?[/B] Longer version: {Maybe I should first re-introduce mysel…
... red border with moving black stripes.
This is ... /> 2. Started up Spectaculator as Spectrum 128K. In 'Tools'>'Options ... I then typed (in 128 BASIC mode): load *"m";1;"comm ... border appears with moving black stripes. Nothing else happens.
< ...Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... friends who don't use Spectrum emulators...
[QUOTE]First ... any success this way - the BASIC loader went fine but the ... aside - I like the border stripes. I would have been impressed ...Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... most notorious Italian hacker of Spectrum software, for the infamous ... and features ordered multicolor stripes) are often still readable ... My Spectrum v1.3[/URL], will finally eschew 128 BASIC for ... loading routine embedded into BASIC management file with the ...Ninja Warriors +3 disk MIAHi all This seems to be MIA ?:) okey [IMG]http://forest.no-ip.org/wos/nw/top.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://forest.no-ip.org/wos/nw/bottom.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]ht…
... red/black to blue/black stripes it just sticks with the ... /black loading stripes.
However, loading via the 48 BASIC power ... option, or by entering SPECTRUM from 128 BASIC, results in a 'good ...Resurrection of ZX SpectrumHello everyone. I recently emerged from my attic bearing my childrens 128k ZX Spectrum +2 with a bag of games etc. Like many before it hasn't seen…
... /> 1) Turn on/reset the Spectrum.
2) Use the up ... cursor keys to highlight 48 BASIC, press ENTER.
3) The ... will change colour and show stripes to show its receiving a ... have the manual for your Spectrum, you can download it here ...
